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What a labour of love! Here they are, the test pressings of our album! Ironically, I've just been at James's because I expected these yesterday and had arranged to go there to listen with him.The …

Don’t get me started on the fact that if you do login, you’re taken to the store homepage instead of the specific page you were trying to visit in the first place …

Trinity Church and its yard are surrounded on all four sides by tall buildings. In 1952, when Angelo Rizzuto took this picture looking down from the roof of one of them, they were all of …

What has Balaam to do with Josiah? Ancient stories are not always what they seem, and different biblical passages often intersect with each other in unexpected ways. In this article, I examine a speculative theory …

Intersection Embarcadero and El Camino Real, Palo Alto

The art of preventing errorsThe Poka-Yoke principle in UX design — UX Knowledge Piece Sketch #59OriginsThe Poka-Yoke principle was originally applied by Toyota’s industrial engineer, Shigeo Shingo. The term “poka-yoke” means “error-proofing”, the main goal …

My interest in linen armour lead me to texts from around the year 1000. Chrétien de Troyes died leaving one of his works incomplete, and sometime around 1190 to 1210, someone wrote the first surviving …

I must maximize the silent time and remove as many activities as possible for a while. Writing is a non-negotiable for me, but public writing is not. I hope to one day resume writing here. …

Long story short: I need to build a buffer between eating and doing things.Currently Listening: Tracey Ullman “(Life Is a Rock) But the Radio Rolled Me”Reply via email

Esta primera conferencia empieza explicando la función de la ciencia, en qué consiste y cómo se van encontrando nuevos descubrimientos y modificando las leyes conocidas. Plantea un ejemplo que me gusta mucho. La masa de …

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There are so few mystery comics out there — not thrillers, not blood-soaked serial killer books — and one of the all-time best is The Maze Agency. I gave a brief history of the series …

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Paul Beakley I’ve been slowly working through a big stack of really great looking little zine-sized games that all arrived at once. Finally got to play my buddy Keith …

After years of advocacy and planning, the Board of NYC’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently approved the city’s congestion pricing program, which will start on June 30 and help the city finance major upgrades to …

We visited Congaree National Park in South Carolina, one of the least-visited parks. There isn’t a huge amount there; it’s basically one visitor center, a couple of primitive campgrounds, a boardwalk trail, some back country …